Boot space is usually measured in liters or cubic feet. To measure the boot space of , the manufacturer will fill the boot with small balls or blocks, and then measure the volume of the space that they occupy. This method provides an accurate measurement of the amount of space that is available in the boot. With it's
length of 4361 mm and
wheelbase of 2670 mm,
the BMW 1er-Reihe has a bootspace of 300 l. With rear seats folded, the bootspace from the bottom of the trunk up to the roof of BMW 1er-Reihe is 1135 l. With rear seats folded, the bootspace from the bottom of the trunk up to the windows of BMW 1er-Reihe is 1135 l. The largest car boot you can find amongst " schrägheck" has Sono Motors Sion (Sion ), which is 350 l more than the 116 -
650 l.For illustration, the difference in length between the BMW and the Sono Motors is 109 mm in favor of the Sono Motors. On the other hand, the smallest boot space amongst similar cars has the Fiat Topolino , which is 63 l - that makes it 237 l less than the BMW in question.Length-wise, the BMW outperforms the rival by 1826 mm.
The difference in Boot space between first generation (1er-Reihe E87) from 2004 and last generation (1er-Reihe F70) from 2024 is 30 l.